Blue Homes' view-ready Balance prefab finds a most appropriate home on the ancestral stomping grounds of Frank Lloyd Wright in Wisconsin.

2013 marks only the 150th anniversary of official Thanksgiving.

There is stuffing remaining from Christmas dinners sitting in refrigerators right now. Use it up in these breakfast recipes.

Here's a big hint: If you must do this, move away from the house.

Elasmotherium sibiricum, the so-called 'Siberian unicorn,' is not as closely related to modern rhinos as once thought.

Miners in Australia uncover the opal-filled fossil of a dog-size herbivore named Weewarrasaurus pobeni.

If dinosaurs had telescopes and had pointed them at Saturn, they might have seen a ringless world.

NASA's Cassini orbiter and other telescopes reveal stunning pictures of the planet and its rings.

The risk of 'severe, pervasive and irreversible impacts' is quickly rising worldwide, the draft report warns.

Earth has broken temperature records for 14 months in a row, and 2016 will almost certainly be the hottest year on record. Yet there is still time to intervene

Climate change may be stripping nutrients from the most basic of foods, and that's making its way up the chain to us.

While the Camp Fire rages over 100 miles away in the Sierra Nevada foothills, San Francisco experiences an air pollution emergency.

Mountaintop removal mining has destroyed hundreds of mountain peaks and at least 1,200 miles of streams in the Appalachians, and remains a hotly contested issue

A young parkgoer returned a rock she took from Smoky Mountains National Park along with a drawing and a nice letter.

As the Senate votes to give the FDA more power, read what those in the know are saying about it.

Washington has had plenty of chances to do something about the pine beetle problem, but has chosen to do nothing.

In his last scheduled trip to the nation's capital as governor, Dave Freudenthal has some frank discussions with policy makers — and this MNN blogger.

A videographer captures eerie footage of Colorado's High Park Fire, one of several blazes now raging in the dry, windy, beetle-infested U.S. West.

Chesapeake Energy's Aubrey McClendon responds to a NYT report that suggests the natural gas industry is part of a Ponzi scheme.

Aaron Tucker was hoping a job interview would change his life, but he wound up saving a life instead.

The 'Icelandic Model' may be the country's best export.

A new technique promises to turn plastic waste into clean, high-grade fuel.

Alternative energy sources that are cost-competitive with fossil fuels may be closer to fruition than previously thought. Recent studies from global leaders in

Are you looking for a green energy internship for summer 2013? If so, let me help you with your search.

NYC announces a scheme in which organic food waste will help to boost production of methane-rich biogas at the city's largest wastewater treatment plant.

The compelling documentary 'Babushkas of Chernobyl' offers a haunting and beautiful picture of life in a disaster area thought lost to humanity.

With money from the government to spend on culture, Italian teens have another reason to celebrate their milestone 18th birthday.

New film, based on the best-selling book by Dan Brown, warns of humanity's demise from unchecked population growth.

Werner Herzog's investigates our fascination with volcanoes in his latest movie, Netflix's "Into the Inferno."

Bryan Nelson's short film, "Migrating with the Sandhill Cranes," profiles one couple's epic journey to migrate with sandhill cranes from New Mexico to Alaska.

It's worth keeping tabs on some of the super-cool clean tech projects being backed by ARPA-E. Here are some of our favorites.

I’m making this trek to ask Maine Gov. Paul LePage to lead, follow, or get out of the way of clean energy development.

Watch the fire spin and swirl as its driven up towards the heavens by an array of well-placed box fans to the soothing tune of 'Moonlight Sonata.'

Furnishings that pull double or triple duty really earn their keep.

This simple chore can lead to happiness and better sleep, so why not give it a shot?

The basic organizing concept is flexible and creative yet specific enough to work for most people.

This amazing video shows Carlos Barrios, the thirteenth miner rescued from the mine, being pulled to the surface.

American chemists are searching for new and resourceful ways to extract uranium from deposit-rich oceans in order to reduce the expensive mining process's cost.

Chessboard-like grid patterns that cover sand dunes in China are explained as attempts at mining nickel in the deserts.

Science has finally discovered the answer to the centuries-old question of how to turn something into gold.

Buried deep in your cellphone, laptop, and flat-screen television are a bevy of obscure elements that make our modern lives possible.

New research finds that exposure to mildly cooler temps may be the key to shedding pounds.

New EPA regulations will clean up the biggest problem with burning wood: pollution and particulates.

Populations of the mosquito-like bug have exploded around India's Taj Mahal because of unchecked pollution.

Officials determined the color is caused by pollution in the nearby Kasadi river, and shut down a factory accused of dumping dye.

Untreated, unfiltered water is a pricey new trend that many are buying into — even though "raw" water could really cause you some harm.

Spanish endurance athlete Antonio de la Rosa is the first to cross the Pacific on a paddleboard.

Eastern equine encephalitis is a dangerous and deadly mosquito-borne illness. Here's what you need to know about it and how to protect yourself.

Space shuttle Enterprise suffered minor wing damage on June 3 when it collided with the navigation guides for a New York railroad bridge during the first half o

Space shuttle Endeavour's trip to California has been delayed by a weather front in its way.